It was discovered that the JAXP component in OpenJDK did not properly enforce the totalEntitySizeLimit limit. An attacker able to make a Java application process a specially crafted XML file could use this flaw to make the application consume an excessive amount of memory.
Find out more about CVE-2016-0466 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
| Base Score | 5 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
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| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (java-1.6.0-openjdk) | RHSA-2016:0067 | 2016-01-26 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (java-1.8.0-openjdk) | RHSA-2016:0049 | 2016-01-20 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (java-1.7.0-openjdk) | RHSA-2016:0054 | 2016-01-21 |
| Red Hat Satellite 5.7 (RHEL v.6) (java-1.7.1-ibm) | RHSA-2016:1430 | 2016-07-18 |
| Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (java-1.8.0-oracle) | RHSA-2016:0055 | 2016-01-21 |
| Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (java-1.6.0-sun) | RHSA-2016:0057 | 2016-01-21 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary (v. 6) (java-1.7.1-ibm) | RHSA-2016:0099 | 2016-02-02 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary (v. 6) (java-1.6.0-ibm) | RHSA-2016:0101 | 2016-02-02 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (java-1.6.0-openjdk) | RHSA-2016:0067 | 2016-01-26 |
| Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (java-1.6.0-sun) | RHSA-2016:0057 | 2016-01-21 |
| Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (java-1.7.0-oracle) | RHSA-2016:0056 | 2016-01-21 |
| Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (java-1.7.0-oracle) | RHSA-2016:0056 | 2016-01-21 |
| Red Hat Satellite 5.6 (RHEL v.5) (java-1.7.0-ibm) | RHSA-2016:1430 | 2016-07-18 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary 5 (java-1.6.0-ibm) | RHSA-2016:0101 | 2016-02-02 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary 5 (java-1.7.0-ibm) | RHSA-2016:0100 | 2016-02-02 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary (v. 7) (java-1.7.1-ibm) | RHSA-2016:0099 | 2016-02-02 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary (v. 7) (java-1.8.0-ibm) | RHSA-2016:0098 | 2016-02-02 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (java-1.7.0-openjdk) | RHSA-2016:0054 | 2016-01-21 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (java-1.6.0-openjdk) | RHSA-2016:0067 | 2016-01-26 |
| Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (java-1.7.0-oracle) | RHSA-2016:0056 | 2016-01-21 |
| Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (java-1.6.0-sun) | RHSA-2016:0057 | 2016-01-21 |
| Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (java-1.8.0-oracle) | RHSA-2016:0055 | 2016-01-21 |
| Red Hat Satellite 5.6 (RHEL v.6) (java-1.7.1-ibm) | RHSA-2016:1430 | 2016-07-18 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (java-1.8.0-openjdk) | RHSA-2016:0050 | 2016-01-20 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (java-1.7.0-openjdk) | RHSA-2016:0053 | 2016-01-21 |
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